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Patent GB-190114942-A (GB)
Title: Improved Wall-tie or Bond
Inventor: RICHARDS JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-07-23
Granted: 1901-08-31
Abstract: 14,942. Richards, J. W. July 23. Walls.-Wall ties or bonds for hollow walls are made of short lengths of wire A, B, twisted together at C, and bent back in the same plane at rightangles at the ends E, F. The convolutions C cause the condensed moisture to drip down into the hollow space between the walls.
Patent GB-190115826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armatures for Dynamo-electric Machines or Motors.
Inventor: BLOOD JOHN BALCH
Filed: 1901-08-06
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 15,826. Blood, J. B. Aug. 6. Armatures.-For the purpose of reducing heating and inductance effects in the armature coils, the cross-sectional area and perimeter of the active coil limbs are increased. To permit of this being done, the core A is slotted in the manner shown in Fig. 1. Deep and narrow slots B alternate with shallow and wide slots C. The slots B, C, though differing in linear dimensions, are of the same cross-sectional area. Each armature coil D has one active limb shaped so as to fit one of the slots B, and the other shaped to fit one of the slots C, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The invention is stated to be particularly applicable to motors for automobiles and railway vehicles.
Patent GB-190120903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roll Holders for Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1901-10-18
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 20,903. Imray, O., [Carlton, H. B.]. Oct. 18. Roller slides.-Relates to a roller slide with locking-mechanism and counter. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the locking-mechanism is controlled by notches 16 in the film 4, at the end of each section. The end 26 of a spring lever 24, pivoted at 23, drops into a notch when it comes opposite, thereby causing the dog 27 on the lever to engage with a ratchet-wheel 13 on the store spool 8. After an exposure, the spool 8 is disengaged by pressing the stud 25, which is connected to the lever. A pawl 39 on the end of the lever actuates the ratchetwheel 33 of the counter. In a modification, a protuberance on the edge of the film is used to control the locking-mechanism.
Patent GB-190124684-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method or Process for the Recovery, Collection and Utilization of Waste Carbonic Acid Gas given off in the Manufacture of certain Acids and Acid Salts.
Filed: 1901-12-04
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 24,684. Berry, G. F., and Lawes & Co., J. B. Dec. 4. Carbonic acid.-The waste carbonic acid, given off during the manufacture of vegetable acids and acid salts, such as tartaric acid, citric acid, and cream of tartar, is collected by conducting the operation in a closed vessel, which may be heated by live steam or a steam coil, and withdrawing the liberated carbonic acid by a pump or exhauster. The gas is passed through wash-towers, purifiers, and driers before being liquefied or solidified.
Patent GB-190126755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Packing Oil Cakes or similar Articles.
Inventor: FRENCH ALFRED WILLARD
Filed: 1901-12-31
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 26,755. French A. W. Dec. 31. Packing oilcake &c. into bags. The machine is designed to be used in connection with that described in Specification No. 24,729, A.D. 1899, [Abridgment Class Moulding &c.], for trimming the edges of oilcakes. From the table E of that machine the cakes are delivered on to a table A which falls automatically as the pile increases, owing to the cakes engaging a lever f <5> which operates the discharge valve of the hydraulic supporting-press f. The cakes are straightened on the table by springs f<9>, and two are placed edgewise at the sides of the pile on supports f<10>. An automatic hydraulic ram D forces them off the table into the bag which is distended by four plates M, M<1>, M', M'. The side plates are carried on vertical posts N drawn towards each other by springs O and can move apart to admit different-sized piles of cakes. They can also be turned about their axes by levers p<1> and a spring p to facilitate the insertion and distention of the sack. The insertion of the sack is also facilitated by raising the posts and bottom plate by means of a lever R.
Patent GB-190207756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Scaring Purposes, Especially Applicable for Scaring Birds.
Inventor: HALL JOHN
Filed: 1902-04-02
Granted: 1902-12-04
Abstract: 7756. Hall, J. April 2. Alarm guns.-Relates to automatic apparatus for firing blank cartridges for scaring birds and the like at predetermined times. Fig. 3 shows the apparatus in section. A number of open-ended barrels v, for use with pin-fire blank cartridges y, are formed in a single casting and secured to the casing a. A removable bar 2 held in brackets 3 forms a breech-block for all the barrels. A tube g is fixed over each barrel, and a weight u supported on a thread at the upper part of the barrel is adapted, when released, to fall and fire the cartridge. The supporting thread r is fixed at one end on a peg k secured in a hole i. The thread passes from the peg k through slots in the top of the tube g, and through a guide-eye to a notched disc q fixed over the face of a clock m. The threads may be fixed to the disc q in any desired positions, and are severed by a knife attached to the hour hand or forming part of a lever having an arm carried round by the hour hand. The apparatus is enclosed in a casing having a hinged cover a<1>, and supported on legs b.
Patent GB-190213724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dentists' Forceps.
Inventor: HOFFMANN LOUIS
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1902-07-24
Abstract: 13,724. Hoffmann, L. June 17. Dental instruments. - Dentists' forceps for the lower teeth are formed with the pivot b on the centre line e o f the jaw c, c, so that they grip the tooth at exactly opposite points. The front end of the forceps is bent laterally for extracting back teeth.
Patent GB-190215639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt Rope or Chain Gearing
Inventor: HODGKINSON EDMUND HUGH
Filed: 1902-07-14
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 15,639. Hodgkinson, E. H. July 14. Driving-mechanism; chains, maintaining tension of.-Relates to variable-speed driving-gear for use with cycles, the gear being of the type described in Specifications No. 1425, A.D. 1880, No. 1570, A.D. 1896, No. 16,715, A.D. 1897, No. 5317, A.D. 1899, and No. 9192, A.D. 1901. For taking up the slack of the chain, belt, or rope, two jockey-wheels a, a<1> are employed. They are pivoted on a three-armed lever c, and press upon opposite sides of the chain b. The lever c is pivoted at c' to a bar d which is rigidly attached to the frame of the cycle. A spring e, fastened at one end to the arm d and at the other to the third arm c<2> of the lever c, keeps the wheels a, a<1> pressed against the chain.
Patent GB-190216292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Construction of Walls and the like
Inventor: KULHANEK JAN
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 16,292. Kulhanek, J. July 22. Concrete building; walls; columns.-The walls of temporary and other buildings are formed of two parallel shells a, b made of slabs of cork, slag, gypsum, or asbestos, laid on a foundation m, and containing at intervals sectional pillars n of similar material, secured together and to the outer shells. A metal skeleton is carried by posts p fixed in the pillars by concrete. The space between the shells a, b may be left empty, or filled with fireproof material.
Patent GB-190221663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chambers for Storage of Coal and similar Materials in Bulk.
Inventor: TEMPERLEY JOHN RIDLEY
Filed: 1902-10-04
Granted: 1903-11-04
Abstract: 21,663. Temperley, J. R., and Temperley, J. Oct. 4. Drawings to Specification. Measured quantities, delivering.-In apparatus for delivering coal &c. from stored bulk, the sack is attached to a cylinder, secured below a hole in the floor of the store, and fitted with an upper and a lower door, between which a definite quantity of coal is out off, to be afterwards dropped into the sack.
Patent GB-190222742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Wrought Iron or Steel Blanks for the Spokes of the Wheels of Railway Carriages, Wagons and other Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: LONES JABEZ
Filed: 1902-10-18
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 22,742. Lones, J., Lones, J., and Holden, E., [executors of Holden, E.]. Oct. 18. Rolling. - Blanks for the manufacture of sector-shaped spokes for railway carriages, wagons, and vehicles, are rolled in gapped back-action rolls from rectangular billets or slabs. The rolls are geared together inside the housings as shown in Fig. 14, and are grooved to form eyes 1 ... 8, through which one end of the billet is successively passed, till it assumes the shape shown in Fig. 11, the other end being then treated to produce the finished blank shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 9 show two stages in the rolling of one end. An additional eye may be provided to bend or crank the ends, as shown in Fig. 13, to facilitate the bending of the blank into sector shape. The legs b have wedge-shaped projections b<2> by which they are securely held in the boss which is cast around them. The lega may be reduced in width by passing them through additional eyes, Fig. 20, the grooves having projecting portions f<2>, g<3>, or by passing the legs on edge between groove, of varying depths.
Patent GB-190227386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: SMITH FREDERICK HUGH
Filed: 1902-12-11
Granted: 1903-11-12
Abstract: 27,386. Smith, F. H. Dec. 11. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-A carburetter has a reciprocating rod dipping into the liquid hydrocarbon, so that a constant area of wetted surface is exposed to the incoming air at each suction stroke. The rod g is hollow, and is attached to a perforated disc f by which it is raised by air entering through the passages h during each suction stroke. The rod is guided on a central spindle k, and projects into a float chamber having an annular float c. The float chamber is divided from the remainder of the casing a by a diaphragm b. The wetted surface exposed may be varied by means of a spring buffer j, which limits the upward movement of the rod and disc and also serves to shake off the liquid on the rod. The buffer is carried by a nut n traversed by a screw m on the spindle and held against rotation by pins n. The spindle can be depressed against a spring l to depress the float to open the valve e. The casing is surrounded by a jacket p, containing exhaust gases, and through which the air inlets h pass. Additional air may be supplied to the mixture by a valve q. The spindle may be turned by a governor to regulate the speed of the engine, or the speed may be automatically regulated by a valve consisting of perforated discs s, t, the perforations of which do not register. The disc s is carried by the nut n, and the disc t is pressed away from it by a spring w acting on a washer v connected to the disc t by studs. During the suction stroke, the discs are drawn closer together and the mixture throttled according to the speed of the engine.
Patent GB-190228570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coats, Cloaks and like Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: COHEN REX DAVID
Filed: 1902-12-27
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 28,570. Cohen, R. D. Dec. 27. Waterproof coats and cloaks.-Relates to a waterproof coat or cloak particularly adapted for wear by motorists. The lower or skirt part is made of several gussets of which one c is adapted to serve as an apron, the buttonhole g being fastened to the button f and the tabs h to buttons i. The flaps d, e serve to prevent rain from entering the pockets. The collar tab j is made in one with the collar, and may be tucked beneath it when not in use. The sleeves may have inner elastic wristlets to clasp the wrists closely, and may also have external tightening-straps j x.
Patent GB-190300693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators
Inventor: GUTTNER MAX
Filed: 1903-01-10
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 693. Guttner, M. Jan. 10. Hydro-extractors &c.-Relates to continnousaction machines for separating liquids from solids or semi-solids, applicable in the manufacture of salt, sugar, &c. The machine consists of a number of planet drums mounted to run in ball bearings in a disc 6, fixed to the driving-shaft 3, and in a disc 2 secured to the first disc by a bridge 10. Each drum has a toothed wheel 26 in gear with a central wheel 25, which is internally toothed to engage with an eccentric wheel 44 carried by the shaft; another internal wheel 24 fixed to the stationary spindle 7 also gears with the eccentric wheel. The drums are divided up into compartments bv radial partitions 28, and inside each a shield 1 is fixed at its base to the disc 6 ; the shield is flattened off on one side to afford space for the introduction of the feed-pipe 23, which proceeds from a central reservoir 22. The feed is delivered upon that part of the drum which is moving outwards ; as this part moves round towards the axis of the system, the dried material in the compartments is thrown out by centrifugal force into the shield, which conducts it to the chamber 18.
Patent GB-190301373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotatory Engines
Inventor: BATE CHARLES MC GUIRE
Filed: 1903-01-20
Granted: 1904-01-20
Abstract: 1373. Bate, C. M. Jan. 20. Revolving-cylinder type of rotary engines driven by steam, air, gas, or other fluid. A cylinder D and its piston A' are connected together by means of a pin-andslot or other device, so that they rotate together. A suitable valve is arranged to admit pressure fluid to the cylinder to reprocate the piston. The piston-rod A has an arm a carrying a roller B working on a cam-track C, and the reciprocation of the piston causes the piston and cylinder to rotate. In a modification, the transversely-slotted piston-rod acts on a crank which is provided with toothed gearing acting on a rack. Two or more cylinders may be arranged tandem or in a group.
Patent GB-190307538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firelighters.
Inventor: BALDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1903-04-01
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 7538. Baldwin, J. April 1. Firelighters.-A casing is formed of four pieces of wood fastened together in any manner, by cutting saw gates for instance, as shown. To effect economy in the use of resin or like materials, the casing 1 is filled with a loose composition 3, which is retained by a top and bottom layer of harder composition or by a paper or other covering. The materials used in both compositions are wood turnings, shavings or sawdust, peat, or other waste material, with resin, pitch, waste oil, or grease. The materials are pressed by hand on a plate taking four or more lighters at a time, and having studs for forming the air holes 4. To assist ignition, thin strips of wood may be fastened across the top and bottom, or tow saturated with inflam mable substance may be similarly attached or may be placed in the air holes.
Patent GB-190310694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Guns
Inventor: CHISHOLM WALLACE RANDOLPH
Filed: 1903-05-11
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 10,694. Chisholm, W. R., and Weth, W. D. May 11. Toy guns.-Relates to a toy gun for projecting discs so that they roll along a table &c. to a target, without rising above the surface. A dummy gun A is mounted on a base B, in which a magazine D is provided to hold the discs d. A plunger E, operated by a spring, feeds the discs forward one at a time through an opening H into a passage G in the base B. A propeller K, by means of which the discs are shot out, works in a slot I in one wall of the passage G. The propeller is drawn back by a cord or wire M against the action of an india-rubber spring L, and can be retained in the ready position. When released, it strikes the disc above its horizontal axis, and so imparts a rolling motion to it along the passage G and across the table &c. The toy may be used for advertising, by inscribing the names or articles to be advertised on the discs.
Patent GB-190313413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure Gauges
Inventor: BURDEN JAMES
Filed: 1903-06-16
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 13,413. Burden, J. June 16. Pressure gauges. -The pressure of steam or other fluid is measured by a gauge in which the motion of a thin steel plate is transmitted by adjustable linkwork and wheel-work to the indicating pointer. The fluid moves the corrugated steel disc d and thereby the vertical rod e upon which is fixed the sleeve e<1> with pin attachment i<3> for the link h. The other end of the link h is secured by a pin k' to a piece k having two slots, which can slide over the fixed pin g<1> carried by the bracket f<2>, and over the screw pin g<3> held by an extension or arm g<2> of the toothed sector g pivoted at g<1>. By this means the distance of the joint pin k<1> from the fixed pin g' can be adjusted and the parts held in position by clamping with the screwpin g<3>. The sector gears with a pinion c<1> on the spindle c carried by a bracket f<1>, a pointer, moving over a circular scale, being keyed to the spindle. A hair spring n may be fixed to this spindle and there may be a spiral spring m for taking up backlash in the mechanism.
Patent GB-190319598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Cooking Stoves or the like
Inventor: SHEPPARD WILLIAM DART
Filed: 1903-09-11
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 19,598. Sheppard, W. D. Sept. 11. Gas and oil cooking-stoves; boilers.-A boiler B of the form shown, or oval in cross-section, is arranged near the bottom of the oven so that the flames from the gas or liquid hydrocarbon burners A<1>, A<2>, A<4>, play on the inclined inner part B<1>. The boiler may extend along three sides of the oven, and is connected to a supply tank G which may be heated by the waste heat from the oven, the waste gases being passed through a chamber inside or outside the tank for this purpose. The side burners A<1>, A' may be supplied through one pipe, while the burner A<4> is supplied through an indepedent pipe.
Patent GB-190322767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ingot Iron and Steel.
Inventor: TALBOT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-10-21
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 22,767. Talbot, B. Oct. 21. Open-hearth processes; direct processes of obtaining.-The refining and finishing of the metal, when manufacturing ingot iron and steel, are effected on separate hearths in the same furnace. The metal may be recarburized in a ladle, when the latter is used to convey it to the finishing-furnace. The finishing-hearth may be charged with scrap, or be worked in conjunction with a permanent metal bath. In some cases, refining is effected on a basic hearth, and finishing on an acid hearth. When treating iron ore and carbon briquettes, they are partially reduced on the fore hearth, before immersion into the metallic bath on the refining hearth.
Patent GB-190322880-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Crank Motion Device applicable for Pedalling and other Purposes.
Inventor: GRUNDY JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-22
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 22,880. Grundy, J. Oct. 22. Cranks, variablethrow, for bicycles. On each side of the machine is arranged a crank formed in two parts A, B. The part A is fixed to the axle, and the part B carries the pedal P. An eccentric sheave C, fixed to the bicycle frame, carries a strap D, which may be mounted on ball bearings. A pin E mounted in the strap is carried by a lever F, one end of which is pivoted to the part A, and the other end is connected to a link G coupled to the part B. Upon rotation of the crank, the part B is moved, so as to increase the effective length of the crank on the down-stroke and to decrease the crank length on the up-stroke. On the chain side of the machine, the lever F is made in two parts, connected together by a boss passing through the chain-wheel. In a modification, the parts A, B are made telescopic, and the pin E is connected directly with the part B. In another arrangement, the crank is constructed as a lazy-tongs linkage, the end of the lazy-tongs being coupled to the pin E.
Patent GB-190322985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Automatically Inflating Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: WEISSE FRANZ CURT
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 22,985. Weisse, F. C. Oct. 23. Wheels with air-compressing appliances.-Pneumatic tyres are automatically inflated while the vehicle is in motion. The piston-rod g of a pump h, attached to the tyre valve, is connected to a pin e, which extends between the spokes, and is fixed in a lug d of a ring c, carried on a circular disc b, mounted eccentrically on the fixed axle a. When the vehicle moves, the spokes carry the pin e round, causing the ring c to revolve on the disc b, and so to impart a reciprocating motion to the piston which inflates the tyres. After a sufficient degree of inflation, the pump runs inoperatively.
Patent GB-190324451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Trucks
Inventor: BURROWS THOMAS
Filed: 1903-11-11
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 24,451. Burrows, T. Nov. 11. Hand-trucks.-A bifurcated frame A and handle 2 are made in one piece, and an axle-bar 3 is attached to it by bolts 4, 5, the bolts 5 also serving to attach a rigid stop 6. Wheels 8 are mounted on studs 9 which are screwed into the axle-bar. An extension stop 12 is pivoted to the frame ; in its operative position this is supported by the stop 6, and in its inoperative position it is held against the sides of the frame by its resilience. A leg 14 is provided, and the truck will rest in a vertical position supported by the wheels 8 and stop 6.
Patent GB-190401874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refrigerating Machinery.
Inventor: NELSON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-02-25
Abstract: 1874. Nelson, G. Jan. 25. Ice-making and refrigerating,-In machines of the ammonia-compression type, the vessel shown by section in Fig. 2 is arranged between the condeneing and evaporating coils for automatically regulating the flow of the cooling-liquid. The liquid enters by the pipe 11 and over the edge of a hollow piston 18, upon which is screwed a hollow float 15 adapted to work on guides 17. The valve 18 is therefore operated by the rise and fall of the float 15. The lower end of the piston shaft engages by a cross-pin 32 with slots in a socket 30, on a shaft 26, which may be rotated by hand to adjust the position of the float. On the shaft is also mounted a spur-wheel 28 which operates an indicator to show the position of the float. Oil collecting iu the bottom 33 may be drawn off by a cock 34. The inlet pipe 11 ends in a strainer 38 which may be removed through an opening 41. The liquid passes to the evaporating-coils by an outlet 13, and vapour may be drawn off by the pump through the pipe 36.
Patent GB-190402588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bottles or the like
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1904-02-02
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 2588. Lake, W. E., [Lazareff, M. A.]. Feb. 2. Bottle and jar necks.-During the manufacture of a bottle, jar, or like vessel, and while the latter is still in a mould, a band 12, preferably of aluminium alloy, and formed with projecting lugs 14, is inserted in a circumferential groove 11 in the neck of the vessel, and securely held in place by forcing down the top portion of the vessel so as to compress the soft glass against the band 12. To assist in preventing the band from working loose, it is provided with shoulders which engage with corresponding shoulders on the neck of the vessel, as shown at 13. The bottle is closed by a cap 16, on the inner side, and near the lower edge of which are formed slightly inclined lugs 15, which, when the cap 16 is placed over the mouth of the bottle, and slightly rotated, engage the lugs 14 with a wedge action, and firmly hold the cap 16 in place. A washer 17 is placed between the upper edge of the bottle neck and the cap 16. The application of the invention to fruit jars is mentioned in the Specification.